I'm on a roll!

I must be on a roll because I finished another hat tonight. And she likes this one better.

And here is what the study looks like so far...

I hope that this time, organising it will actually pay off. I think the problem is that actually 4 of the 6 people who live in this family are slobs, and yes, I am including myself in that 4. :-) But if I am gonna try, I am gonna make sure everybody else tries as well!

Woo Hoo! Progress!

Have actually gotten some things done! Finished S's hat which I wanted to do before she heads off for university. The wool is sooo lovely. It is from Babylonglegs and I got it at the Rav Day in Coventry.
Also, Al and I have been working on sorting out the house a bit before the baby comes. I am nesting, so for me this is great. However, it is supposed to be his holiday, so we should make sure he enjoys himself at some point along the way. We've started with the study, formerly the junk room with the computer in. (Although the computer could be said to be junk as well.) I just want things to be a bit more organized so the older kids can actually access things, and use all of the stuff that we have in the house when the baby gets here. As it is now, we have to rearrange 5 things every time we decide we want to do something. And most of our stuff doesn't have a place. So we are getting rid of some of it.

Anyway, I am knackered after spending the day sorting in the study, and having walked up to the clinic to get my dressing changes. Walking is actually a bit painful these days as the baby is lying awkwardly, but hey, all my kids are awkward, so we may as well start as we mean to carry on. :-)

Summer time

It is July, and we are having a thunder storm, or so it seems. Lots of rain and lightening. Today is R's birthday. She is 15. We went camping in Anglesey last week and she wants to go back for her 16th birthday, provided all her friends come too. Camping was pretty nice. Bit of tension, bit of hormonal moodiness, both on my part, but you can't blame the wind on me. :-) In the end, it was overall a nice holiday, if a bit hard work. Never going camping pregnant again!

The bathroom is finished. I just have to touch up the paint work, do the wood work and get some pretty things on the walls. I am determined to keep it clean. My new job...cleaning the bathroom once a week. Seems like a normal enough thing, but when so much of your house is crap and worn out, and you can't tell the difference between clean and dirty anyway, standards tend to slip. So now, we have two nice rooms in the house - the loft conversion (which would be nice if it wasn't covered in my yarn, scrap, wool, clothes, books, etc.) and the bathroom.

Can't seem to get motivated to finish anything knitted. I have started a few more things, but then just sit around looking for something else to start. I only managed to do a couple of crocheted tops for M this month. You can see them on my Ravelry page. But other than that, can't seem to find any motivation for finishing anything. I guess I have pregnancy cabbage brain, and can't really focus. But I have been getting out lots of knitting books from the library, and getting lots of ideas. So some part of my brain is still working a bit. :-)

Also, the skin rash is back. Polymorphic Eruption of Pregnancy, (or Puppp). I am taking another remedy from the homoeopath and hoping it works again. Last time it was much better, and I didn't need to take the steroids. Am going to see the midwives today, have yet more blood ripped from my veins, so they can tell me how anaemic I am. I am supposed to be having midwife led care, but certainly doesn't feel like it so far. I have no relationship with any of the midwives, and haven't seen one of them twice yet. I could do with some support along those lines, so will see what happens today. I sort of need to talk baby stuff, and have somebody I trust to talk to about worries, and excitements, even if I have done this a few times before. I am beginning to think I would rather be living in a teepee, with an old witchy woman taking care of me, and the kids out playing in the fields. Instead, I am in the city, with kids who are fed up with each other because of the building work and having to put with their lethargic complaining mother, and crap weather.

I think that buying some nice organic cotton to knit with would put me in a better mood. :-)

Found the camera!

So here are some photos of random things.

What the study looks like now with all the the things from the kitchen in it.

When I found the camera, there were about 200 photos of R and her friends posing.


Here is a spider we found today carrying its egg sack around in its mouth.


And here are some blurry photos of kids at the Manchester Velodrome with the home ed group last week. There is M, then C, then R. You'll just have to take my word for it.


That is all, unless you want to wade through 200 photos of teenagers...